CVE-2016-3209

Exp

Graphics Device Interface (aka GDI or GDI+) in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2; Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1; Windows 7 SP1; Windows 8.1; Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2; Windows RT 8.1; Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607; Office 2007 SP3; Office 2010 SP2; Word Viewer; Skype for Business 2016; Lync 2013 SP1; Lync 2010; Lync 2010 Attendee; Live Meeting 2007 Console; .NET Framework 3.0 SP2, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4.5.2, and 4.6; and Silverlight 5 allows remote attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via unspecified vectors, aka "True Type Font Parsing Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Published: 2016-10-14 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2016-3209 is rated High Exploit Risk (71/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 19.20%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2016-3209

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
40598 exploit_db edb 2016-10-20 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-3209

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-12-07 18.45% 19.20% +0.75%
2 2025-05-27 17.87% 18.45% +0.57%
3 2025-03-30 17.87%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-3209

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
1.8 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-3209

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-3209

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft .net_framework 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft .net_framework 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft .net_framework 3.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft .net_framework 4.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft .net_framework 4.6 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft live_meeting 2007 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:live_meeting:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft lync 2010 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:lync:2010:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft lync 2010 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:lync:2010:*:attendee:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft lync 2013 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:lync:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2007 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2010 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft silverlight 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:silverlight:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft skype_for_business 2016 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:skype_for_business:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word_viewer cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word_viewer:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_10 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_10 1511 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1511:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_10 1607 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_7 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_8.1 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_rt_8.1 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2008 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2008 r2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2012 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2012 r2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_vista cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-3209

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